{"id":172444,"date":"2026-08-26T11:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T04:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/as-more-expats-flock-to-hong-kong-luxury-home-rents-poised-for-further-upswing\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T11:06:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T04:06:44","slug":"as-more-expats-flock-to-hong-kong-luxury-home-rents-poised-for-further-upswing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/as-more-expats-flock-to-hong-kong-luxury-home-rents-poised-for-further-upswing\/","title":{"rendered":"As more expats flock to Hong Kong, luxury home rents poised for further upswing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nHong Kong\u2019s growing number of expatriates is boosting the city\u2019s residential property leasing market with luxury rents likely to rise by about 5 per cent this year and continue their upswing in 2027, according to property consultancy JLL.<br \/>\nThe private residential rental index by the Rating and Valuation Department had surged by 18.5 per cent as of June to 205.8 from the Covid-19 pandemic trough in January 2023, which was 173.6, marking the first sustained breach of the 200 threshold.<br \/>\n\u201cHong Kong\u2019s&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/article\/3365263\/more-expats-flock-hong-kong-luxury-home-rents-poised-further-upswing?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As more expats flock to Hong Kong, luxury home rents poised for further upswing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Hong Kong\u2019s growing number of expatriates is boosting the city\u2019s residential property leasing market with&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-IRm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":171812,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-property-upswing-poised-to-hold-despite-interest-rates-risk-moodys\/","url_meta":{"origin":172444,"position":0},"title":"Hong Kong property upswing poised to hold despite interest rates risk: Moody\u2019s","date":"May 19, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Hong Kong\u2019s residential property market recovery is unlikely to be derailed by a potential increase in interest rates amid the Middle East conflict, as demand is supported by professionals relocating to the city and surging rents, according to Moody\u2019s Ratings. 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